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Year
year 566 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 188 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 566 BC for this
566_BC
Ancient Greek festival
Athens. The inaugural celebration of the Great Panathenaea occurred in 566 BC and possibly continued until around 410 AD. Edicts issued by Theodosius
Panathenaea
Decade
as Ahmose II). 25 May, 567 BC—Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 566 BC—The first known Panathenaic
560s_BC
(604–587 BC) Dao, Duke (586–585 BC) Cheng, Duke (584–581 BC, 581–571 BC) Xu, Prince (581 BC) Xi, Duke (581 BC, 570–566 BC) Jian, Duke (565–530 BC) Ding,
List of state leaders in the 6th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_6th_century_BC
first historical event, the founding of Aléria by the ancient Greeks in 566 BC. During the Ice Ages, the average level of the Mediterranean Sea dropped
History_of_Corsica
shelters in Corsica at approximately 9000 BC. It ends with colonization by the Ancient Greeks at Aléria in 566 BC, the Iron Age. Corsica, or Kyrnos, is not
Prehistory_of_Corsica
Athenian nobleman
an Athenian nobleman, who served as Eponymous Archon for the year 566 BC – 565 BC. He was a member of the Philaidae, a wealthy Athenian family that was
Hippocleides
French regional conflict since 1976
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Corsican_conflict
Festival in ancient Greece
Παναθήναια) were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC to the 3rd century AD. These Games incorporated religious festival, ceremony
Panathenaic_Games
Noble family of ancient Athens
Corinthian tyrant of the same name and son of Agamestor. Some years before 566 BC, a member of the Philaid clan, Hippocleides, was a suitor for the hand of
Philaidae
Historical period of Corsica
around 5000 BC, it was connected to Sardinia. In the south of the island, a multiphase megalith culture (Filitosa) developed around 3000 BC. Contacts with
Ancient_Corsica
King of Babylon from 605 to 562 BC
crown prince, in a document 566 BC. Given that Amel-Marduk had an older brother in Marduk-nadin-ahi, alive as late as 563 BC, why he was named crown prince
Nebuchadnezzar_II
Roman conquest of Italy from 588 BC to 7 BC
April 588/587 BC). Servius Tullius also obtained a double triumph over the latter (on 25 November 571/570 BC and on 25 May 567/566 BC). And finally Strabo
Roman_expansion_in_Italy
Violent clashes in France
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
2022_Corsica_unrest
Southern European national identity
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Corsican_nationalism
Historic country
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Corsican_Republic
Unit of time, usually a five year period
designate the time between two lustra. The first lūstrum was performed in 566 BC by King Servius, after he had completed his census, and afterwards it is
Lustrum
2015 violent clashes in Corsica
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
2015_Corsican_protests
Italian political and nationalist movement
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Italian irredentism in Corsica
Italian_irredentism_in_Corsica
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Corsican diaspora in Venezuela
Corsican_diaspora_in_Venezuela
History of Mediterranean island
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Medieval_Corsica
Style of painting on ancient Greek vases
Attic vases, the Panathenaic prize amphoras play a special role. After 566 BC—when the Panathenaic celebrations were introduced or reorganized—they were
Black-figure_pottery
Babylonian king
chosen as heir during his father's reign and is attested as crown prince in 566 BC. Amel-Marduk was not Nebuchadnezzar's oldest son—another of Nebuchadnezzar's
Amel-Marduk
Zhou dynasty Chinese vassal state (806–375 BC)
rank of Bo (伯), a kinship term meaning "elder". Zheng was founded in 806 BC when King Xuan of Zhou, the penultimate king of the Western Zhou, made his
Zheng_(state)
Commune in Corsica, France
Herodotus twenty years before the abandonment of Phocaea in Ionia, that is, in 566 BC, Phocaeans colonizing the western Mediterranean founded a city, Alalíē,
Aléria
19th-century phenomenon
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
Corsican_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico
century–507 BC Neapolis 507–326 BC Neapolis 326–89 BC ∟ ally of Roman Republic Roman Republic 199–89 BC ∟ municipium of Neapolis Roman Republic 89–27 BC Roman
History_of_Naples
designation as patron deity of Athens was established in the Great Panathenaea of 566 BC, which may have been coincident with the construction or development of
Greek_city-state_patron_gods
1814 treaty between Corsican nationalists and Great Britain
History of Corsica Prehistory (c. 9000–566 BC) Arzachena culture Ozieri culture Torrean civilization Antiquity (566 BC – AD 455) Ancient tribes Aléria Lava
Treaty_of_Bastia
Leader of Han clan
Han Jue (Chinese: 韓厥; died after 566 BC), also known by his posthumous name as the Viscount Xian of Han (Chinese: 韓獻子; pinyin: Hán Xiàn Zǐ), was a leader
Han_Jue
City in British Columbia, Canada
(2004). Musqueam reference grammar. Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 412, 499, 566. ISBN 9780774810029. Retrieved September 1, 2024. "Stolo Dictionary" (DOC)
Vancouver
Bronze Age civilization
concentrated south of Ajaccio, during the second half of the second millennium BC. The characteristic buildings of this culture are the torri ("towers"), megalithic
Torrean_civilization
Calendar year
year 567 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 187 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 567 BC for this
567_BC
Calendar year
year 564 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 190 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 564 BC for this
564_BC
Calendar year
year 568 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 186 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 568 BC for this
568_BC
Chief magistrate of an ancient Greek city-state
and for the supervision of some major trials in the law courts. After 683 BC the offices were held for only a single year, and the year was named after
Eponymous_archon
4000 B.C. Corsican and Sardinian culture
part of southern Corsica from approximately the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC. It takes its name from the Sardinian town of Arzachena. Arzachena culture
Arzachena_culture
44 BC murder in Rome
the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March), 44 BC, by a group of senators during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
2001 film
on Jerba in the wake of the first Temple's destruction in Jerusalem in 566 BC. A community with true foundations in the Jewish life of the ancients, island
La_Ghriba
Imperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)
dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and the
Han_dynasty
Legendary war in Greek mythology
BC, Sosibius 1172 BC, Eratosthenes 1184 BC/1183 BC, Timaeus 1193 BC, the Parian marble 1209 BC/1208 BC, Dicaearchus 1212 BC, Herodotus around 1250 BC
Trojan_War
City-state in ancient Greece
prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity (pre-800 BC), the state was known as Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων, Lakedaímōn), while Sparta
Sparta
Calendar year
Year 312 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corvus and Mus (or, less frequently
312_BC
Carthaginian military leader and politician (c. 270–221 BC)
Hasdrubal the Fair (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, ʿAzrobaʿl; c. 270–221 BC) was a Carthaginian military leader and politician, governor in Iberia after Hamilcar
Hasdrubal_the_Fair
Epic poem attributed to Homer
first composed in Homeric Greek around the 8th or 7th century BC; by the mid-6th century BC, it had become part of the Greek literary canon. In antiquity
Odyssey
Calendar year
of Messalla and Salinator (or, less frequently, year 566 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 188 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval
188_BC
Phoenician city-state
settled around 814 BC by merchants from Tyre, a leading Phoenician city-state located in present-day Lebanon. In the 7th century BC, following Phoenicia's
Ancient_Carthage
480 BC engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars
The Battle of Thermopylae (/θərˈmɒpɪliː/) was fought in 480 BC at Thermopylae between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes and an alliance of Greek
Battle_of_Thermopylae
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
final division of the Stone Age in Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BC to c. 2,000 BC). It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments
Neolithic
Calendar year
year 559 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 195 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 559 BC for this
559_BC
Ruler of Lu
another border conflict in 565 BC. In summer 566 BC, the Jisun clan fortified its settlement Bi (費). In winter 564 BC, Lu, represented by an army led
Duke_Xiang_of_Lu
Archaeological culture
"Andronovo-Tazabag'jab, 1850-1500 BC (after Parzinger and Boroffka 2003: 280, fig. 1)" Mallory & Adams 1997, pp. 566–567. Grigoriev, Stanislav, (2021)
Tazabagyab_culture
Extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
the mid-third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Mesopotamians by the 8th century BC. Akkadian, which is the
Akkadian_language
Calendar year
year 601 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 153 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 601 BC for this
601_BC
Calendar year
Year 283 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dolabella and Maximus (or, less frequently
283_BC
5000 BC – 4500 BC: Rowing oars in China 4500 BC – 3500 BC: Lost-wax casting in Palestine or the Indus Valley 4400 BC: Fired bricks in China. 4000 BC: Probable
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
City in British Columbia, Canada
and Peoples" from Musqueam Reference Grammar (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004), 566–76. Keen, Mary (2002). A bridge to the world : the life and times of Sea
Richmond,_British_Columbia
Carthaginian general (245–207 BC)
Hasdrubal Barca (245 – 22 June 207 BC), a latinization of the Punic ʿAzrubaʿal (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, romanized: ʿAzrōbaʿl), son of Hamilcar Barca, was
Hasdrubal_Barca
Calendar year
Year 234 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Ruga (or, less frequently
234_BC
Ancient city in Iran
(2005). The Clash of Ideologies. Xulon Press. p. 566. ISBN 978-1-59781-039-5. Antiochus III was born in 242 BC, the son of Seleucus II, near Susa, Iran. Álvarez-Mon
Susa
Ancient fortified passage in central Greece
Overlook Press, New York. pp. 313. ISBN 1-58567-566-0. OCLC 71266590. Fields, Nic (2007). Thermopylae 480 BC : last stand of the 300. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-180-0
Thermopylae
Sixth king of Babylon (r. 1792–1750 BC)
2: From the End of the Third Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 566–655. Charpin, Dominique (2003). Hammu-rabi
Hammurabi
Carthaginian leader in the Third Punic War (149–146 BC)
just after war was declared in 149 BC.[citation needed] Other Hasdrubals in Carthaginian history Huss (1985), p. 566. "βοηθός". Mommsen, p. 54 Smith, p
Hasdrubal_the_Boetharch
Calendar year
year 560 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 194 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 560 BC for this
560_BC
Calendar year
Year 385 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Cornelius, Capitolinus
385_BC
Ancient Chinese divination text
the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC). Over the course of the Warring States and early imperial periods (500–200 BC), it transformed into a cosmological
I_Ching
) between the consuls of 428 and 427 BC, perhaps misplacing them from the college of 425. Ogilvie 1965, pp. 566, 584. Drummond 1978, p. 88. Authenticity
List_of_Roman_consuls
Zu Chongzhi: 429 – 500 AD Zu Gengzhi: c. 450 – c. 520 AD Zhen Luan: 535–566 Wang Xiaotong: 580–640 Li Chunfeng: 602–670 Yi Xing: 683–727 Wei Pu: 11th
List of Chinese mathematicians
List_of_Chinese_mathematicians
One-eyed giants in Greek and Roman mythology
fifth-century BC play by Euripides, a chorus of satyrs offers comic relief based on the encounter of Odysseus and Polyphemus. The third-century BC poet Callimachus
Cyclopes
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More
List_of_cities_in_Canada
King of the Seleucid Empire from 222 to 187 BC
Antíokhos ho Mégas; c. 241 BC – 3 July 187 BC) was the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 BC to 187 BC. Ascending to the throne at
Antiochus_III_the_Great
King of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy
Eriphyle see Gantz, p. 553 (citing Scholia on Euripides Orestes 4). Hard, p. 566; Gantz, p. 223; Parada, s.vv. Anaxibia 4, Astyoche 6. For Anaxibia as the
Menelaus
Calendar year
Year 284 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tucca and Denter/Dentatus (or, less
284_BC
in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the
Family tree of Chinese monarchs (Spring and Autumn period)
Family_tree_of_Chinese_monarchs_(Spring_and_Autumn_period)
Removal of male sex organs
1930, p. 348. Engelstein 1997, p. 5; Goldberg 1930, p. 347. Wilson 2018, p. 566. Bellringer 2017a, p. 249; Stief 2017, p. 74. Nanda 1984, pp. 59, 73; Nanda
Emasculation
Elaine Perez 11,386 19.31% Kimmie Hovan 4,097 6.95% Geoffrey Capp (CHP) 566 0.96% Rachael Harder Kim Siever (Ind.) 1,179 2.00% Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
Results of the 2021 Canadian federal election by riding
Results_of_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election_by_riding
Assassin of Julius Caesar
Pontius; died 21 April 43 BC) was a Roman politician, military commander, and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. In 45 BC, as tribune of the plebs
Pontius_Aquila
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: King Wen of Zhou (1112 BC–1050 BC), Emperor Wen of Han (202 BC–157 BC), Emperor Wen of Nanyue (175 BC–124 BC), see Zhao Mo Emperor Wen of Wei
Emperor_Wen
defined in RSMo 566.020 Archived 2017-04-17 at the Wayback Machine RSMo §§ 566.032 Archived 2017-03-25 at the Wayback Machine RSMo §§ 566.062 Archived 2017-04-18
Age of consent in the United States
Age_of_consent_in_the_United_States
Canadian football team season
The 1990 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the West Division with a 6–11–1 record and failed to make to playoffs. Source: "CFL.ca - Official Site of
1990_BC_Lions_season
Country in South Asia
Today: Extreme Political Movements Around the World [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 566. ISBN 978-1-4408-5000-4. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Burrison, John A. (16 June
Pakistan
Mesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)
Archaic period, before 2000 BC, saw the first developments in agriculture and the earliest villages. The Preclassic period (c. 2000 BC to 250 AD) saw the establishment
Maya_civilization
Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 577. (full text online).. Gibb 1969d, pp. 566–567, The Abbasids in Cairo. Pope Alexander III; Curtin, D. P. (2008). Non
Chronology of the Crusades, 1095–1187
Chronology_of_the_Crusades,_1095–1187
Lucius Minucius Basilus (died summer 43 BC) was a military commander and politician of the late Roman Republic, a trusted associate of Julius Caesar, who
Lucius_Minucius_Basilus
Calendar year
year 624 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 130 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 624 BC for this
624_BC
Pharaoh of the third dynasty of Egypt
Harry (2007). A Traveller's History of Egypt. Interlink Books. ISBN 978-1-566-56654-4. Atiya, Farid (2006). Ancient Egypt. American University in Cairo
Djoser
perpetually. 408 BC – 355 BC – Greece, Eudoxus of Cnidus 400 BC – 350 BC – Greece, Thymaridas 395 BC – 313 BC – Greece, Xenocrates 390 BC – 320 BC – Greece,
Timeline_of_mathematics
3rd-century BC Roman senator and general
279 BC – 202 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic. He had a long and distinguished career, being consul in 235 BC and 224 BC, censor in 231 BC, and
Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 235 BC)
Titus_Manlius_Torquatus_(consul_235_BC)
Calendar year
Year 313 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Brutus (or, less frequently
313_BC
recognized – in Mesopotamia c. 3400 – c. 3100 BC[citation needed], in Egypt c. 3250 BC, in China before c. 1250 BC, and in Mesoamerica before c. 1 AD. According
History_of_writing
Ancient kingdom in Southeastern Europe (168 BC – 106 AD)
united the Dacians and the Getae was formed under the rule of Burebista in 82 BC and lasted until the Roman conquest in AD 106. As a result of the wars with
Dacia
Special shape of attic amphoras
team. This may mean that the vase predates the festival's reorganization in 566 since it is not an athletic event. The cock column is first seen on a panathenaic
Panathenaic_amphora
Carthaginian general (died 202 BC)
Hasdrubal Gisco (died 202 BC), a latinization of the name ʿAzrubaʿal son of Gersakkun (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤂𐤓𐤎𐤊𐤍), was a Carthaginian general
Hasdrubal_Gisco
2021 drama film by Nora Fingscheidt
Time's rankings. Nielsen stated that it was the most-streamed film with 566 million minutes viewed, and also the sixth most-streamed title for the week
The_Unforgivable
Pool in Jerusalem
James H. (ed.). Archaeology and John's Gospel. Wm. B. Eerdmans. pp. 560–566. ISBN 9780802848802. Retrieved 16 May 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored
Pool_of_Bethesda
Island in Greece
Religious Affairs, Centre for Islamic Studies. pp. 6–10. ISBN 978-975-389-566-8. William St. Clair, That Greece Might Still Be Free, The Philhellenes in
Chios
Mental illness with multiple personality states
Dissociation". American Journal of Psychiatry. 163 (4): 566–568. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.163.4.566. PMID 16585425. Shibayama M (2011). "Differential diagnosis
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative_identity_disorder
Epic poem attributed to Homer
in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. p. 221. Liu (2024), pp. 561–563, 566. Erp Taalman Kip (2000), pp. 388–389. Dunkle, Roger (1986), "Iliad", in The
Iliad
King of the Hittites
Hittite great king in the late 15th/early 14th century BC, ruling in perhaps c. 1425–c. 1390 BC. He was the father-in-law and predecessor of Arnuwanda
Tudhaliya_II
American academic (1934–2004)
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Stand in Eastern Nevada". Ecology. 46 (4): 564–566. Bibcode:1965Ecol...46..564C. doi:10.2307/1934900. JSTOR 1934900. The "Prometheus"
Donald_Rusk_Currey
566 BC
566 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Wren.Dutch (de Ren) : origin unexplained.Variant spelling of German Renn.Swedish : soldier’s name, from ren ‘reindeer’.Chinese : from the name of Rencheng ‘Ren City’, which was granted to Yu Yang, the 25th son of the Emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc). Some of his descendants later adopted the place name as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Edward, Old English Ēadward, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’ + w(e)ard ‘guard’. The English personal name also became popular on the Continent as a result of the fame of the two canonized kings of England, Edward the Martyr (962–79) and Edward the Confessor (1004–66). They certainly contributed largely to its great popularity in England.
Girl/Female
Irish
St. Colmcille founded his monastery on Iona, the island between Ireland and Scotland in 563 AD and thus the name is associated with “blessed.â€
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of the Anglo-Norman French personal name Mory, a short form of Amaury (see Emery, Morey).Roger Mowry (c. 1612–66) emigrated from England to MA before 1634, when he married Mary Johnson in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, named in Old English with the personal name Hod + dūn ‘hill’.The earliest known bearer of this name is Norman de Hoddesdon, recorded in 1165–66. The surname was taken to America by Nicholas Hodsdon in about 1628, from whom probably all current U.S. bearers of the name are descended.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cheshire)
English (Cheshire) : perhaps a habitational name from Cromwell in Nottinghamshire or Cromwell Bottom in West Yorkshire, both named from Old English crumb ‘crooked’ + wella ‘stream’, ‘spring’. The latter is recorded as Crumbel (1251) and Crumble (1566).Probably an altered spelling of German Krumpel or Krümpel, a nickname for someone with a deformity, from Middle High German krum(p) ‘deformed’, ‘crooked’; skeletal deformities were common in the Middle Ages, often as a result of rickets.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval French form of the Latin personal name Sabinus or its feminine form Sabina, originally an ethnic name for a member of an ancient Italic people of central Italy, whose name is of uncertain origin. According to legend, in the 8th century bc the Romans slaughtered the Sabine menfolk and carried off the women. More influential as far as name-giving is concerned was the existence of several Christian saints bearing this name. The masculine name was borne by at least ten early saints (martyrs and bishops), but as a given name the feminine form was always more popular.Jewish : probably also an Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the personal name Horace, Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin, associated chiefly with the name of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 bc).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Male
Hebrew
(Hebrew בַּעַל): Semitic name of several storm gods, and the first king of Hell who had three heads and commanded 66 legions of demons, derived from the word ba'al, BA'AL means "lord, master" or "possessor." In the bible, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Reuben, and the grandfather of Saul.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cheshire)
English (Cheshire) : habitational name from any of various minor places named with Old English ēcels ‘additional part of an estate’, from ēcan ‘to increase’. Compare Etchells.The earliest record of this surname is in Church Minshull, Cheshire, England, in 1566, when John, son of Thomas Eachus, was baptized. Peter Eachus married Margaret Pownall in Church Minshull on 21 April 1594.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
Surname or Lastname
Turkish
Turkish : from the Turkish personal name Osman, Turkish form of Arabic ‛UthmÄn. This was the name of the third of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 644–656), one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom he gave the good news of entering into paradise.English : variant of Osmond.Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ans ‘god’ + man ‘man’.Dutch : occupational name for an ox driver, from os ‘ox’, ‘bullock’ + man ‘man’.German (Osmann) : variant of Ossmann (see Ossman).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Oshman or Hausman.
Male
Greek
(ΒενÎδικτος) Greek form of Latin Benedictus, BENEDIKTOS means "blessed." Martin Luther noted that this name added up to 666 in Greek gematria.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : there are two sources for this character for Wen, which also means ‘warm’. One is a territory named Wen, and the other an area named Wenyi. Descendants of rulers of these areas adopted Wen as their surname.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘literature’. Its origin, however, is from the given name of an ancient personage called Wen.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘hear’. During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), in the state of Lu there existed a man who has a supplementary name, Wenren. His descendants adopted the first character of his name, Wen, as their surname.English : unexplained.
Male
French
French form of Italian Napoleone, a very rare name borne by a short emperor (5'6"), probably NAPOLEON means "elf, dwarf, Nibelung (son of the mist)."
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Attractive
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian, Modern
Victorious of Sea
Girl/Female
Sikh
Safe, Happy, Expert
Girl/Female
Latin
Amazon.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Poet, Saint
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Sword
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Wish of Wishes
Boy/Male
English American
Tile layer, or a. An English surname frequently used as a given name.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
Light of Life
Girl/Female
British, Christian, Danish, English, German, Latin, Swedish
Blind One; Without Sight; Diminutive of Christie or Any Name Beginning with Christ
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n.
A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
v. t.
To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.
n.
A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.
n.
The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
n.
The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74¡ or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
n.
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
n.
The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.